US1731738A

US1731738A - Means for facilitating the production of footwear by factory methods

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Publication number: US1731738A
Application number: US206673A
Authority: US
Inventors: Dressel Karl
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-08-27
Filing date: 1927-07-18
Publication date: 1929-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 1946-10-15

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Oct. 15, 1929. a K. DRESSEL 1,731,738

MEANS FOR FACILITATING THE PRDUCTIQN 0F FOOTWEAR BY FACTORY METHODS Filed July 18, 1927 v 6 n b J XM F UR v I I Hugs 4 Patented Oct. 15, 1929 UITED STATES KARL DRESSEL, or

P TE ToFF-ICE Earner, GERMANY Application filed July 18, 1927, Serial No.

This invention relates to an improved method of and means for facilitating the production of foot wear by factory methods and has for its object a reduction of the time occupied by manufacture.

In the production of shoes by factory methods, wooden trays or frames of the most varied type have been used for many years, said trays being intended to take from to pairs of shoes. The purpose of these trays was, however, merely to serve as a means of transport for a certain number of shoes, and consequently said trays had no direct relationship to the manufacture it- 1 self. The progressive scientific knowledge in manufacturing procedure demands, however, the most complete and convenient combination of the articles to be produced with all the necessary tools and accessories 20 for one or more specific stage in manufacture in order to save the workman unnecessary and time wasting methods of procedure. With this ob]ect, however, it is necessary to use trays to take individual pairs of shoes, as only in this way is it possible to make sufficiently ample provision for all tools and appliances and also the necessary material corresponding to the production in one definite working procedure of se the progressive completion, so that each workman may be able to carry out his special work without loss of time and pass the frame and its contents on.

The invention consists in an improved method for facilitating the production of footwear and is characterized by that the whole of the material necessary for the pro duction of a pair of boots or shoes together with the requisite accessories and the tools 40 required for the various working processes are arranged in a tray which is passed according to a predetermined sequence from.

one workman to another, one form of said tray comprising a base board, a frame on said base board, four uprights mounted at the corners of said base board and secured to said frame, an upper frame mounted on said uprights and staves arranged as a grid to support the accessories and tools and to act as a handle for sa d'tray, said tray in 206,6 73,and in Germany August 27, 1926.

some cases beingprovided with indicia and means for 'simplifying transport.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View of one form of tray, and

Fig. 2 is a section through the line A-'A of Fig. 1. I

Aswill be seen, the tray consists of a baseboard a, which is enclosed on all sides by a frame 6. In the four corners ofthis frame four uprights 0, are erected, which uprights carry the upper frame d} This frame is provided with longitudinal staves 6, arranged I in a gridlike manner, which serve to take the lasts and also tacked'on shoes and,at the same time, to act as a handle. At the front of the tray is the crossbatten 7 which with the front part of the frame b forms a pocket 9 to take cards and the like accompanying the tray. In addition, a plate It is arranged on the front side, for a special reference mark distinguishing the frame. With a view to the box being easily moved, two slide battens 2' are arranged under the bottom board. All edges of the mouldings are rounded off in order to permit of comfortable handling and to prevent marks of pressure on the shoes.

The choice of the material from which the tray is produced is optional. According to the working conditions therefore, use may be made of wood, sheet metal, iron, etc.

As already mentioned, the drawing shows one method only of putting the invention into effect. The particular method of constructing the tray itself is directed by the purpose for which it is intended; for instance, trays for ladies half shoes may be of lighter material and thinner construction than those intended for boots.

The use of the single pair tray is obvious; in the rooms for the preparatory work the work itself, the necessary tools to be used, including the lasts, and the materials such as rivets, buttons, soles etc. are placed in the tray in such way that each workman in turn finds what he requires and, after carrying out his duties, can pass on the whole tray withcontents to his successor in the work of completion, and so on.

The transition from collective transport trays to single pair trays represents in the industry concerned a considerable technical advance in the field of economic manufac- 5 ture as it reduces the Working time to a small fraction of that hitherto spent.

I claim 1. A tray for carrying out the improved method of producing foot Wear comprising a base board, a frame on said base board, four uprights mounted at the corners of said base board and secured to said frame, an upper frame mounted on said uprights, staves arranged as a grid to support the accessories and lasts and to act as a handle for the tray and a cross batten on the front of said tray to form a pocket and adapted to removably receive an, indicia bearing card. 2. A tray for carrying out the improved method of producing foot ear comprising a base board, a frame on said base board, four uprights mounted at the corners of said base board and secured to said frame, an upper frame mounted on said uprights staves arranged as a grid to support the accessories and lasts and to act as a handle for the tray, and a cross batten forming a pocket at one end of the tray, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

' KARL DRESSEL.